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• Holography Helped to Quickly Learn the Number of Particles in Volume

  …Typically, holography is associated with three-dimensional images of museum relics, souvenirs, marking products and protective signs. But it is also used in industry for studying the topography of surfaces and deformations in products. As part of a new project, scientists from ITMO University Tatiana Vovk and Nikolay Petrov developed a method for express analyzing…

  20.04.2017

• Fight Diseases at the Nanolevel: How ITMO’s New Lab Works on Targeted Drug Delivery

  …al fiber to the tumor one uses local chemotherapy. Using magnetically controlled nanosystems one can deliver cytostatic to diseased tissues so as to stop uncontrolled cell division. Apart from targeted drug delivery for oncological disease therapy, the researchers of the center plan to develop nanosystems for delivery of cytoprotective drugs aiming at treatment of…

  19.04.2017

• VI Congress of Young Scientists: Students Share Their Stories

  …The general session of the Congress was opened by ITMO's Rector Vladimir Vasilyev. The professor told of the essential changes that now define the main trends in the development of Russia's science. "The VI Congress is quite the milestone, as two significant events happened in the end of 2016 and continued on to 2017. First of all, on December, 1st, the President …

  19.04.2017

• Robot Revolution: How Robotic Systems Change Our Lives

  …y using additional gear. The robot will work 10-15% slower than humans, but allow to completely automate the process. Another important task is to create a reliable computer vision system. The robots have to learn to discern boxes by angles and shape, as boxes don't always have bar codes on them. There are several challenges to this problem. For instance, there are s…

  18.04.2017

• Art&Science Expert: "Aesthetic Sensibility Depends on Physiological Stimuli"

  …th a Renaissance painting. This time as well, the results were similar - common people mostly looked at particular elements. Thus, we concluded that one gets a more full impression of art if he has some theoretical knowledge of the subject. We believe that our research can be used in art education, as many people find it hard to understand modern art. Then, wh…

  18.04.2017

• “YellowRockets:” How Russian Startupers Enter Global Markets

  …support. There are wonderful examples that prove that it is possible to succeed in attracting private investments. Sergei Bogdanov is one of the speakers of the Regional Session for Practice-Oriented Consulting, which took place at ITMO on April 12. The session is a project of Russian Venture Company, which aims to develop innovative…

  18.04.2017

• Vadim Veiko: “Lasers Are Omnipotent”

  …reviously the reaction occurred everywhere or nowhere. To make a photomask for a large integrated circuit, one needs to spend over a week for 37 various photolithography sessions. We tried to use laser ablation instead of this: one focuses a laser on a thin chrome film based on glass, then the substance vaporizes – it means that we can make an image by managing a …

  17.04.2017

• Navigating the ITMO Application Process

  …ich top major you want, then you can choose a more specific program and apply specifically for that”, - explains Aleksey Itin, one of the key members of ITMO University’s admission committee. I have good grades but I want to do something else to boost my chances of getting in. What can I do? ITMO University evaluates prospective students not only based on…

  17.04.2017

• ITMO's Technology Brokering School: Results and Prospects

  …It will be a huge event that will gather lots of people.  Yet, as opposed to the School of Technology Brokering, this event is for ITMO’s staff and students only. The first session will take place on April, 12, at 5 pm in room #301/5 on Birzhevaya, 14. It will focus on classical mistakes often made when drafting an application form. For the following ses

  17.04.2017

• 5 Things You Need to Know Now

  …the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have succeeded in turning human stem cells derived from skin samples into tiny, three-dimensional, brain-like cultures that behave very similarly to cells in the human midbrain. In the researchers' petri dishes, different cell types develop, connect into a network, exchange signals a…

  17.04.2017